Posts from July 2025

Dearest friends, We can often think that the Saints are so far removed from our lives. They are heroes from a remote time, from a different place, from a different reality.  Yes, they have lots to teach us, but their heroic sacrifices and displays of faith are simply too lost in the mist of time to be relevant to us today. In thinking this we miss the modern Saints. Those who have come before us whose shining example of faith…

Dearest friends, As many of you know Catherine, Edmund, and I headed to northern Brittany and Normandy for our summer holiday over the last two weeks. One of the visits I was most looking forward to was a pilgrimage to St. Michael’s Mount (or Mont-Saint-Michel if you prefer). It is a place that demands attention from it’s lofty perch. The statue of St. Michael gleams in gold from the highest spire and the sheer number of people visiting demands acres…

Dearest friends, I write you from a lovely camp site in Brittany – mainly because I miscounted how many pew sheets I needed to write before I left! That means there’ll be no printed pew sheet on Sunday, but one will be available for you to collect at the Tuesday and Wednesday midweek masses. The readings and prayers for this week are attached below – as is the calendar for August. Next week Tuesday 22nd – 10am, Said Mass, St.…

Dearest friends, Peace, Peace, Peace. A simple but powerful prayer. In 2022 my father and I drove across Europe to Ukraine to take aid to a refugee centre on the boarder and to bring a family home to live with us.  As we drove across Poland to reach the Ukraine boarder it became very clear that things had changed. We left Germany (and the very fast motorway) behind us, and slowed down to make sure we were within the new…

Dearest friends, Why is Holy Rest, the Sabbath, so important? It is often said that Priests, when they preach, do so primarily to themselves. This may well be an example of me writing an article I need to read! We have a packed summer  planned, there is something happening every week and we’re all working super hard to bring new people to Jesus Christ at both churches. As we come to the summer school holidays it’s a good time to…